Giada Colagrande
{{Short description|Italian director, writer and actress}}
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| name = Giada Colagrande
| image = Giada Colagrande.jpg
| caption = Colagrande in 2010
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|10|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Pescara, Italy
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| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Director
- writer
- actress
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| citizenship = {{hlist|Italy|United States}}
| years_active = 1998–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Willem Dafoe|25 March 2005}}
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Giada Colagrande (born 16 October 1975) is an Italian film director, screenwriter and actress. She is married to the American actor Willem Dafoe.
Career
In 2005, Colagrande directed her second feature, Before It Had a Name, which she co-wrote and co-starred in with Willem Dafoe.{{citation |url=https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=50253071&itype=CMSID | title= Willem Dafoe: 'A Woman' is pure, personal cinema' | author = Colleen Barry | publisher=The Salt Lake Tribune | date=9 September 2010 | accessdate=2 March 2022}} The two had met on the set of Wes Anderson's film The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.{{citation |url=https://www.indiewire.com/video/willem-dafoe-abel-ferrara-discuss-collaborations-1202236264/ | title= Willem Dafoe and Abel Ferrara Discuss Their Legendary Filmmaking Collaborations – Watch | author = Eric Kohn | publisher=IndieWire | date=9 June 2020 | accessdate=2 March 2022}} In 2010, she wrote and directed A Woman, also featuring Dafoe.
In 2012, she made The Woman Dress{{citation |url=https://www.vogue.com/video/watch/the-woman-dress | title= The Woman Dress by Giada Colagrande | work=Vogue | date=14 February 2012 | accessdate=2 March 2022}} and completed the feature-length film Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramovic.{{citation |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/bob-wilsons-life-death-marina-abramovic-film-review-372644/ | title= Bob Wilson's Life and Death of Marina Abramovic: Venice Review | work=The Hollywood Reporter | date=20 September 2012 | accessdate=2 March 2022}}
In 2016, Colagrande wrote, directed and performed in Padre, starring Franco Battiato, Dafoe and Marina Abramović.{{citation |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/hoy/ct-hoy-8738705-colagrande-el-luto-es-una-ocasion-para-elevarse-story.html | title= Colagrande: "El luto es una ocasión para elevarse" | publisher=Chicago Tribune | date=29 October 2016 | accessdate=2 March 2022}}
As an actress, Colagrande has also performed in Abel Ferrara's Pasolini (2014) and in Wes Anderson's Castello Cavalcanti (2013).{{citation |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/09/movies/pasolini-review.html | title= 'Pasolini' Review: One Rebellious Filmmaker's Tribute to Another| work=The New York Times | author=A.O. Scott | date=9 May 2019 | accessdate=2 March 2022}}
Personal life
Colagrande has been married to actor Willem Dafoe since 2005.{{citation |url=https://hollywoodlife.com/feature/willem-dafoe-wife-4633359/ | title= Willem Dafoe's Wife: Everything To Know About Giada Colagrande & Their 16 Year Marriage | author = Terry Zeller | publisher=Hollywood Life | date=2 January 2022 | accessdate=2 March 2022}} She has one stepson from Dafoe's previous relationship.{{cite web |title=What I know about women {{!}} Willem Dafoe 54, actor, married, one son |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2009/nov/22/relationships-women-willem-dafoe |website=The Guardian |access-date=27 May 2021 |language=en |date=2009-11-22}}
Filmography
- Aprimi il cuore (Open My Heart) (2002)
- Before It Had a Name (2005)
- A Woman (2010)
- Bob Wilson's Life & Death of Marina Abramović (2012)
- The Abramovic Method (2013)
- Castello Cavalcanti (2013)
- Pasolini (2014)
- Padre (2016)
- Tropico (TBA)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1251009}}
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Category:Italian women film directors
Category:Italian film actresses
Category:Italian film directors
Category:Italian film producers